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CALIFORNIA v. TROMBETTA et al.

Term: 1983
Important Dates
Argued: April 18, 1984
Decided: June 11, 1984
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Sandra Day O'Connor

CALIFORNIA v. TROMBETTA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1984. The case was argued before the court on April 18, 1984.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 467 U.S. 479
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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